The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-26
THROUGH TnE, STATE,
Accidents and Incidents In West Virginia
4gs ,l and Vicinity. ~ ISIS II

.tgs and Vicinity.
<. Hiram Watson, q leading citizen OF
Marion county, was killed by sunstrake
Saturday. NJ"
The average daily output OF oil from the
Washington, Pa, field Is now something
over 5000 barrels. t3qsis 9iE.
The contract for binding q now Dod-
bridge county jail was let to ST. Louis men
at a cost OF $3.50. Sf. 5.S I
Coleman & Reynolds, National Horse.
ahoe Company, Of Cincinnati, are reported
to be considering the advisabllity Of 10.
eating their works In Moundsville.
III Mrs. j., II. Charnock, OF Wellsbarg,
was dangerously bitten by her shepherd
dog while attempting to save Its life from
poiaon that had been administered. &
David Fealey, aged IS, non Of George
". Fealey, Of Terra Alta, fell from a
freight train short distance east OF
Rowlesburg aud was instantly killed.
Mrs. George Lancaster, Of Harrison
county, while attending a Sunday school
convention was stricken with paralysis
and died almost instantly. She had had
two attacks previously. '&
The Parkersburg State Journal has com.
pleted the lonrth year Of Its publication,
and starts off on the fifth with brighter
prospects, than ever. It has established
itssli firmly and is recognized 40 o good
paper.
Thomas Fitch, q Welleburg teamster,
who injured bis leg about two weeka ago
by slipping under wheel, is confined to
his room, With no hopes Of recovery.
gangrene having set in. He Is about 70
years old. 6.lsl5'g-l 5.rg
A young man named Fordyce, son OF a
prominent carriage manufacturer at
Clatkaburg, was arrested at Parkereburg
for stealing watch and some clothing.
Ho was taken homo after the goods had
been recovered.
The pos.otlIcs and store, kept By s.
Bradford, at. Newark, Writ county, has
been broken into. Every letter was
opened and money and valuables from the
store carried of. Two men were arrested
at Elizabeth, and the booty recovered.
The Council Of Fairmont has contracted
with tho new electric light company
formed there for twenty-five street lights,
and tho indications are that the plant will
start of with all the lights 1t cares to han.
die at the outset. The system is the same
az that used here. a. #G-
Dick Daily, a brakeman employed on
the +. NJ, & T road, was sitting in the side
door OF baggage car with his legs hang.
ing out when suddenly the train passed a
cattle pen and his legs were badly crushed
and three bones broken.
Frsnk,a three.year.old con OF J. Frank
Overly, of Berkeley Springs, WIS badly
bitten on the leg by pet cook. The an
imal had gotten loose and was raiding a
chicken roost when Mr.. Overly put in an
appearance. The coon showed fight and
attacked the child. .0C5
A Tour year old son OF Simpson Athey,
Of Pleasants county, while playing about
the houGe, stumbled and fell into kettle
Of huckelberries which had just been re.
moved from the fire and WAS scalding hot.
He 10 very bsdly burned, and 1t is very
doubtful whether he can recover. %5I
George Hawkinbersy was stacking wheat
for Elias Campbell, OF Marion county,
when tall stack which he was topping
out gave way at the bottom and fell down,
throwing the old gentleman violently to
the ground and nearly killing him. His
shoulder was mashed and eof the bones
OF his arm was cracked. 5,l
The law is being frequently violated by
people along Chea. river, who kill fish by
Wholesale by means Of dynamite and
other explosives. Ono man is reported to
have killed ever sixty fsh with one ex.
ploeive thrown from the Albrightaville
bridge. The fshermen who fab for the
sport as well IS for tbs fish are protesting
loudly over this prsctice. &"
Dr.. A. R. Parsons, prominent practic-
ing physician OF Spencer Roane county,
was caught by gamblers at Parkersburg
and worked for SEQ, he giving them two
checks, one ior sixty dollars and the other
for one hundred and sixty. Dr.. Parsons
had been drinking heavily. He instructed
the Parkersburg National Bank, on which
the checks we're drawn and in which he
had Deposited s., 1874, not 70 cash the
checkn.
John Kelley, who about one month ago
was adjudged insane and sent from the
Moundsvilie penitentiary, where he WAS
serving term, to the Insane Asylum at
Weston, escaped from that institution one
night last week. He let himself down
from third.story window by means of q
rope made OF blanket. He was a resident
Of Kansas City prior to his imprisonment.
The Weston Republican says: "a mar
does not have to play the insanity dodge
very adroitly to be admitted to this insti-
ton" e ztf 3i7.. .55r9 2337T5a.
Jamea ". Barnes, proprietor Of the
Touring mills at Pslatine was descending
d rocky cliff that projects under the mill
when stons upon which be placed his
foot gave way and he foil. He caught
upon some timbers, but before he could
recover himself the stone rolled down and
struck his head, knocking him sense!ess,
and he iell upon the mill wheel below.
II the wheel had been in motion he Ger.
tainly would have been killed. He was
found there in IN insensible condition
aome time after the accident and taken to
his home.
The Board Of Regents Of the West Viz.
ginia Schools for the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind met at Romney last week. There
we're present Hon. Amos L. Pu9h, OF
Hampshire county; Hon. John T. Peerce,
OF Mineral w. I. smoot, Of Boone; Dr..
W. Fl. McClung, of Greenbrier; Capt. V,
A. Armstrong, of Jackson, and Dr.. Baird,
OF Wheeling. The buildings were thor.
oughly inspected and found to be in good
condition. The vacancy cauHed by the
death Of the old and valued principal was
filed by Hon. H. B. Gilkeson, OF that
place, an ex-member OF the Legislature
and very bright and cultured gentleman,
Tie appointment of q Steward was post
poned till the meeting in October. Mrs
Lucy Ferguson, OF Romney, was appointed
assistant teacher in the Hind department,
All the present teachers and employee are
retained. $50 4 ~
RIVER NEWS. Esd
Stage of tho Water and Movements Of the
E2i "a. {El Boats. N ~
The Princess is making things lively in
the Bellaire trade. l'i1 53s5. d 4 ;II
The steamer Burma, a little packet run.
ming on the Little kanawhs, has bean
thornnphlv rcnaiyed ~ =. - "a. "s0i